Mark 2:25

Mark 2:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him:
• New King James Version (NKJV)But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him:

Context of Mark 2:25

23One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain. 24The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and his companions; 26how he went into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat, and how he also gave it to the men who were with him?” 27Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Mark 2:25 word by word

Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Have yeἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314
• neverοὐδέποτεoudepote · neverG3763
• whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• DavidΔαυείδ, Δαυίδ, ΔαβίδDabid · DavidG1138
• didποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• he hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• was an hungredπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• they that wereὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for Mark 2:25

• Mark 12:20There were seven brothers; the first [one] took a wife, and died leaving no children.
• Matthew 19:4He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
• Matthew 21:16and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus replied to them, “Yes; have you never read [in the Scripture], ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared and provided praise for Yourself’?”
• Matthew 22:31But as to the resurrection of the dead—have you not read [in the Scripture] what God said to you:
• Luke 10:26Jesus said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
• 1 Samuel 21:3Now what [food] do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”

Commentaries on Mark 2:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 See Matthew 12:1-8. The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Jesus answered by referring to an event in the life of King David (1 Samuel 21). David and his men ate the sacred bread, the twelve loaves in the tabernacle that only priests were allowed to eat (see Leviticus 24:5–9). In that sense, they did what the law did not permit. But Jesus showed that a deeper principle was also at work (Mark 2:27–28).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 2:25

• Jesus, the Christ
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Commentaries on Mark 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings